WNRN is pleased to bring you World Cafe weeknights from 6-8 p.m. World Cafe is known by artists, appreciative audiences, and the radio and music industries as an influential source for music discovery. The two-hour daily program features a mix of artist interviews with in-studio performances by both established and emerging artists. The music selection encompasses singer-songwriters, classic rock, indie rock, Americana, alt-country, blues, world music, R&B and soul. As the nation’s most listened-to public radio music program, its impact on the careers and audience awareness of thousands of artists is immeasurable.
Recent World Cafe Programs
Encore: Kaina on World Cafe
Wednesday, September 20th, 2023 Kaina embodies the community-minded spirit of Chicago’s indie music scene. To celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, World Cafe brings back this conversation with Kaina from the show’s Sense of Place: Chicago series [...]
Sid Sriram on World Cafe
Tuesday, September 19th, 2023 Sid Sriram has such a successful career as a playback singer in India, where he was born, that he gets recognized the minute he leaves his house. But here in America, [...]
Alt.Latino on World Cafe
Monday, September 18th, 2023 Anamaria Sayre and Felix Contreras, co-hosts of NPR’s Alt.Latino, help World Cafe kick off Hispanic Heritage Month with a guest DJ set. Felix and Ana share their favorite new releases in [...]
Mitski on World Cafe
Friday, September 15th, 2023 Mitski’s new album, The Land is Inhospitable and So Are We, sounds like a movie. There’s orchestral drama, and big themes like “love” and “America.” But like any good filmmaker, even [...]
Ralphie Choo on World Cafe
Thursday, September 14th, 2023 On his debut album Supernova, Madrid newcomer Ralphie Choo’s music melds history, using traditional Spanish influences and instruments – with the unpredictable, changing energy of the present – to create something [...]
Gregory Alan Isakov on World Cafe
Wednesday, September 13th, 2023 Gregory Alan Isakov’s latest album Appaloosa Bones, his first in five years, began as a chance for a sonic reset. Isakov, inspired by travels in West Texas and Big Bend National [...]